Over 700 COVID-19 Cases now in Rabun County

There are now over 700 positive cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County.  The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 725 cases of the respiratory virus in Rabun County.  There have now been 158 cases reported in Rabun County in the last two weeks.  In addition, there have been 12 deaths in Rabun County since the beginning of the global pandemic.  In neighboring counties, Habersham County reports 2,657 cases and 82 deaths, White County lists 1,497 cases and 28 fatalities, and Towns County has had 613 cases and 22 deaths.  Across the state, the Department of Public Health is now reporting a total of 462,175 cases, of those, 37,017 have been hospitalized, and 9,123 have died from complications of the virus.